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Submission + - Stopping WGA Installation sends data to Microsoft

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rev

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @01:37PM

rev writes: "The new WGA Notification installation that can be installed using Windows Update sends data to Microsoft if the user decides to cancel the installation. A cookie is set that could be used to identify the host and information such as version of Windows and WGA as well as language of the operating system are transmitted. Part of the data is encrypted. (read more)"

Submission + - Windows 2.0 era talk by Bill Gates with 640k

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @01:21PM

An anonymous reader writes: Back in 1989, Bill Gates came to talk to the students of the University of Waterloo on the early days of Microsoft, and the future of computing. It's an interesting blast to the past, as he touches on topics such as the VGA graphics, OS/2 and software piracy, as well as the now infamous 640K of memory. Lost for nearly two decades, the tape of the talk recently surfaced and is now available in a number of audio formats from the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club.

Submission + - Wikipedia Admins Censor Criticism

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Wikingo

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @01:10PM

Wikingo writes: "Wikipedia has been accused before of censoring articles that some of its admins are biased against, or that are critical of the censorship practice itself. A couple of recent incidents have only strengthened this impression. Is the select group of Wikipedia admins slowly shifting towards the Chinese Great Firewall model, where a lot of information is allowed to pass through, but nothing that doesnt toe the offical party line on certain controversial topics or is critical towards its censorship practices?"

Submission + - How MP3 Was Born

Submitted by Actual Reality on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @12:37PM

Actual Reality writes: Karlheinz Brandenburg often is cited as the inventor of the music format. But he credits many for a discovery that has upended the music business http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2 007/gb20070305_707122.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStori es

Submission + - Chinese Astronaut Could Be On The Moon In 15 Years

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @10:28AM

An anonymous reader writes: Xinhua and Reuters are reporting that China will have the technical capability to put astronauts on the moon within 15 years. According to Huang Chunping, chief launch vehicle designer, a Chinese lunar landing will be achievable in that time frame if funding is available and preliminary projects go well. Huang says that China's current generation of Long March rockets are 'slightly' better than Europe's Ariane rockets, but trail the United States and Russia. China achieved its first human space flight in 2003. The United States had its first human space flight in 1961, and put the first astronauts on the moon about 8 years later, in 1969. The US is planning to return to the moon by 2020, 13 years from now.

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